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applications: open

Applications will be open from 10:00 PM EST on the 1st of every month until 10:00 PM on the 7th of every month. They will be processed as quickly as possible after they are submitted; if you have not received a response by the 10th of the month, feel free to contact the mod.

Applications will be open from October 1st until December 7th, and will be processed on a first-come first-served basis.

● Please post the entirety of your application in a comment to this entry.

Applications may receive a verdict of Approved, Declined, or Revisions.

● Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
● Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod.

● There are currently 58 Character Slots still available in the game.

● While the game is close to character cap, reserved applications will be processed before unreserved applications, with unreserved applications being processed at the end of the cycle until cap is reached.

● Application Queue: All applications that would put the game over character cap will be placed in the queue below and processed on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications in queue will be processed as drops happen, regardless of whether the application cycle is complete.

● Casts at or close to Cast Cap: Marvel Cinematic Universe: 15/15; Marvel Comics: 12/15

application guide

● Accepted character types: fandom, original, canon AU
● Non-accepted character types: fandom OC, AU
● The character limit is 2, with 2 apps allowed per month; players can buy up to a maximum of 4 character slots with AC bonus points. There is a cast cap of 15 characters per cast at this time.
● Linked samples should be no older than 1 year.
● Application challenges are not allowed at this time, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 04/02/2017: Applications must fit in ONE COMMENT on the application page. In special situations such as original characters or canon characters without an information link, please try to keep the summary concise and stick to major turning points. If you have been as concise as possible and it absolutely will not fit in one comment, please store the background section in an entry on your journal/musebox/website and link it to keep the application within one comment.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 02/03/2018: The Strengths and Weaknesses sections are a stand-in for the usual personality section and should relate to the character's personality strengths and weaknesses. These sections should not include anything related to abilities and the weaknesses should not be 'positives in disguise' (for example, stating that a character has a weakness to iron because they are a fairy would not be an acceptable response to the weaknesses section, nor would stating that a character is too generous). Every character has good and bad personality traits, please include both.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 03/10/2018: Linked samples must be from a publicly available source. Friends-locked samples are not acceptable for use (via screencaps or other methods), unless they have been unlocked and made public.

● A mod-created sample application can be found here. This is an example of a canon application. The strengths section has been filled out in bullet point form, and the weaknesses have been filled out in paragraph form - both options or a combination thereof are acceptable.

● Sample Applications: Ronan Lynch (Canon Character; Written Background), Yuuri Katsuki (Canon Character; CRAU), Derek Hale (Canon Character; CRAU), Tolemi Pagoda (Original Character), Benjamin Holt (Original Character)

player information
● name: your name or alias
● age: your age (generalizations are fine)
● contact: any way to contact you (PM, plurk, etc.)
● other characters: any other characters you play in Riverview

character information
● name: your character's full name, in Western order
● canon: your character's canon, please specify which if there are multiple versions
● canon point: please state as specifically as possible, with chapter/episode reference, if possible
● age: please clarify if your character is not mentally, physically, and chronologically the same age

● (canon) background: this is for canon characters only; link to a resource or give a quick run-down of your character's involvement in canon
● (original) world: this is for OCs only; please give a succinct rundown of your character's world and your character's place in that world, as well as a brief explanation of their history

● abilities: list your character's abilities including any specialist non-superhuman skills they might have; feel free to link to a wiki or other information source that clearly states them; clearly state if any abilities need to be nerfed

● strengths: list at least 3 personality strengths your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words
● weaknesses: list at least 3 personality weaknesses your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words

● job skills (optional): if you would like your character to be placed in a job to start out, list three work-related skills so they can be assigned something suitable; this is different than the abilities section, and should only be three words or very short phrases - the character will not be placed in a job if there are no traits listed here; This is something that is asked in orientation, and would be volunteered by your character. But please feel free to specify if they have a skill they might not mention but that you would like considered in their job placement and I'll take it into consideration as a "funny coincidence."
● housing (optional): tell the mod if you have any preference for where your character is placed in community housing

● network username: provide the username that your character will use when accessing the network; the default is in the form of first initial, last name (j.doe) but your character can pick anything else they like; usernames should have no spaces, but periods are fine

● network sample: write out or link to an example of how your character would communicate over the network; this sample does not have to be long, but it must clearly show your character's personality and a good understanding of their voice; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

● prose/action sample: write out or link to an example of how you write your character in interactions; this sample should be a bit longer and can be done in prose or action bracket style and can be set in the game or your character's canon, though please avoid over-use of NPCing other characters - this is about your character; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

submit an application

Please fill out the information in the form below and submit it in its entirety in one comment to this entry. If your application doesn't fit in one comment, it needs to be trimmed - application standards are weighted to quality rather than quantity.

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player information
● name: Ellie
● age: 32
● contact:

ellievolia
● other characters: n/a

character information
● name: John ‘Thunderbird’ Proudstar
● canon: The Gifted
● canon point: end of episode 1.13, ‘X-Roads’
● age: 34

● (canon) background: Wiki link / Episode List and synopsis (as the first link doesn’t detail the last few episodes yet)

● abilities:
Superhuman Strength and Invulnerability: John has superhumanly dense musculature that gives him enhanced strength sufficient enough to rip open steel doors, smash through concrete walls, and allows him near invulnerability to physical harm. In canon, he is shown to get shot multiple times without any effect - the bullets don’t break the skin. Marcos calls him ‘bulletproof’.
Superhuman Speed: John’s dense muscle allows him to exert great force in his movements to achieve a level of superhuman speed. For example, his reflexes are fast enough to catch projectiles mid-air.
Tracking Skills/Enhanced senses: John is an expert tracker, able to follow a target for miles, due to enhanced senses and foresight.
Foresight: This ability allows him to see glimpses of the recent past and near future when focusing on a specific location or person.
Skilled Combatant: As a former soldier, John is naturally adept in physical combat without the need of his enhanced physicality, as is shown when his powers are nullified by another mutant.
(Happy for any and all of these skills to be nerfed if required!)

● strengths:
Leadership: John was personally chosen by the X-Men to lead the South-East branch of the Mutant Underground. A natural leader, his stature, calm demeanor, and tactical mind makes him someone that people look to and respect. He is shown to break up fights and arguments, as well as leading planning, research, and mission deployments. He often takes the lead during missions as well, and isn’t scared about making tough decisions.
Caring: John is not one to hesitate before throwing himself in front of danger to protect others - he does it in canon repeatedly (saving Andy from the Sentinel when he trips, shielding Andy and Lauren from a truck, shielding Clarice from a hail of bullets, catching Lorna when she’s thrown into the air, etc.). He also refuses to stop taking in refugees even when resources are scarce, and is always shown to work towards the greater good - a normal life for all Mutants, and he always puts the Mutants’ needs ahead of his own. He is also shown to care on a deeper, more personal level - for Sonia, but mainly for Clarice, offering her comfort when she finds her foster family having been killed.
Self-control: due to his abilities, and through his military training, John has gained extremely good self-control. He is always very self-aware, very much in touch with his powers, how to tap into them, when to keep them in check. But even outside of his powers, he is very much someone in check, self-possessed, very controlled - unlike Marcos and Lorna, he is not prone to rash decisions, preferring to think things through and making plans before jumping into the action.

● weaknesses:
Self-control: while it is a strength, it is also a weakness. He can’t quite let go of his control, rendering him somewhat emotionally unavailable at times - he refuses to acknowledge his feelings for Clarice time and again, preferring to hide behind the fight and how focused he needs to stay, and also refuses to show weakness, even when in mourning. It also makes his far and few between violent outbursts seem even worse; while they’re not usual, they show that his self-control is sometimes making matters worse for him as he pretends not to have feelings.
Guilt: One of the reasons John fights against Sentinel Services as hard as he does is the guilt he carries around everywhere. While trying to provide a better life for all Mutants is his main goal, there is also a part of revenge to it for him, as he wants to avenge both his old friend Pulse, and also Sonia, both of whom were killed by Sentinel Services. It makes the fight a personal one, for him, and sometimes shifts his priorities.
Rigidity: There are times when John just can’t keep himself from criticizing other people’s choices and decisions. He is a soldier through and through. He lashes out at people a few times; when Marcos goes to see Reed without telling him, when Caitlin and the kids run away, when he learns what Sonia did to Clarice, when Clarice admits past ties to the Brotherhood. Whenever someone does or says something that goes against his own strict set of rules, John is quick to shut it down, sometimes hurtfully. While he is adaptable in combat situations, his morals are very deeply set and he doesn’t like to waver from them.

● job skills (optional): combat, leadership
But also yoga/meditation/mindfulness (this is not a skill he’d mention, but would be a fun job)
● housing (optional): no pref.

● network username: thunderbird

● network sample: network sample (tdm)

● prose/action sample: prose sample (tdm)

accepted

Thank you for your application and welcome to Riverview! Please see the arrival page for an explanation of what will happen to your character on arrival.

● John will be housed in Communal Housing; Floor 2, Bed 1.
● John would be an excellent fit on the Perimeter Guard particularly as a member of the Orientation Support Unit. If you wish to accept this job, please fill in the information on the Perimeter Guard Page. If you are not interested in a position with the Perimeter Guard, please let me know and I will brainstorm another job for him.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● Your first activity check for this character will begin on March 1st.

● Please respond to this comment with your character's journal.
● Join the communities riverview, riverviewlogs, and riverviewooc.
● Make sure to set up an ic inbox, permissions or info link, and hmd on your journal.
● Optionally, you may also set up a Friendr entry (code on the arrival page).
● Add your character to the Taken Characters list.
● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● Post an entry or tag around to the current monthly mingle log.

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riverview: applications

John 'Thunderbird' Proudstar | The Gifted | Reserved

ACCEPTED